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Books |
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| Butterflies of Britain and Europe - T. Tolman (1997), Collins | The standard work on European butterflies. It covers most species and gives details of habitat, flight time and range. Of course opinions differ frequently on what is and isn't a species but this book covers most. Small enough to take in the field. |
| Ditto (2004) | Apparently a straight reprint of the above work. |
| Butterflies of Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia - J. Tennant (1996), Gem | Excellent book covering north African species. |
| Butterflies of Cyprus - C. Makris (2003) | Excellent book covering the fauna of this east Mediterranean island |
| Butterflies of Greece - L. Pamperis (1997) | Interesting book packed with photos (of varying quality) but containing some suspect identification hints and little help in finding or understanding distribution of rarer butterflies. Not value for money. |
| Photographic guide to the Butterflies of Britain and Europe - T. Tolman (2001) | Complimentary to Butterflies of Britain and Europe above. Some photos rather dark and indistinct and not all surfaces of both sexes shown so not a complete identification guide. |
| Les Papillons de Jour de France, Belgique et Luxembourg - T. Lafranchis (2000) | Excellent book on the butterflies of France. |
| Butterflies of Europe - T. Lafranchis (2004) | Very useful identification keys to all butterflies in Europe. For me it still leaves some questions on the most difficult species though... |
Societies and Periodicals |
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| Amateur Entomologists Society | Friendly non-scholarly society for amateurs looking for information, discussing and recording their findings. |
| Linneana Belgica | Excellent glossy magazine liberally illustrated and covering research of many interesting European species. |
| Societas Entomologica Lepidopterologica | A learned group with an informative publication. Some butterfly articles but principally contains latest information on moths. |
| Butterfly Conservation | A British conservation society that owns/ manages many sites in the UK of value to butterflies and moths. |